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Spend a few more dollars and go with a ETC Smartfade ML. It has a fast learning curve and you lots of bang for your buck. Lamphead

Strike Authorization Requested Thomas C. Short International President I.A.T.S.E. 1430 Broadway, 20th floor New York, New York 10018 VIA FACSIMILE AND REGULAR MAIL October 26, 2007 Dear President Short, As you know, The League of American Theatres and Producers have declared an impasse...

Running a followspot is as much an art as it anything else. All the fancy sights in the world will not help a person who does not have FEEL for the job. For a number of years I ran a super trooper in a local concert venue (way back in the mid 70's ). We had two lamps and and it was always...

You might consider a ETC smartfade ML. We just got one at work last week where I work for doing small events and working on moving lights in the shop. A great deal for a little over $2000.00

For the Mac people out there http://sourceforge.net/projects/maclightpoc/

I agree a great thread. BASIC'S, BASIC'S,BASIC'S I'm constantly amazed by some of the young people that come to work at our theatre. There lack of knowledge of the basic aspects of our craft. How to properly coil a cable (a pet pev of mine), treating the gear they use daily with respect/care...

You can make your own 3 to 5 pin cables. For more info on DMX in general check out this site. http://www.dmx512-online.com/

I think you would find one of the Strand desks to your liking. They are based on the "Horizon" operating system. http://rpd06.tempdomainname.com/rpd0604/index.php?submenu=ClassicPalette&src=directory&view=products_detail&srctype=display&refno=13&category=Controls...

We have six of these Arri 150's in our inventory. They are well made and have held up well thru 4 seasons of hard use. We do 30+ weeks of opera every year, our schedule and stage guys are not kind to gear. These fixtures cost more than the Altmans but if you have money to spend on them you'll...

Old threads never die, There just waiting for someone to add there 2 cents

This past week I was looking at some check lists for our up coming season and saw a note about the purchase of some S4 Revolutions units. So I download the "User Manual" from the ETC site. After reading thru the manual, I sure hope they don't buy them. Looks like a poor mans moving light...

I'm memeber of Local One, here in New York City and work at the Met. Opera House. Like most of the people on this list I started out working on my high school stage crew. Where a few years ago I had the treat of taking my young daughter to see a production of the first show I had ever worked...

Just for fun you might take a look at this web site. www.klieglbros.com. They have links to repro's of old Kliegl catalogs.

I came across ControlBooth when I was searching for some information about the new ETC Smartfade ML. Always like a good campfire chat so, I figure I'd stick around. I'm a IATSE member and work in the electric Dept. of a large theatre. Lamphead